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Middle Boulder Creek

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The Rim Trail

Where’s there’s a lake, there’s a rim.  Where there’s a rim, there’s a trail.  At least in the case of Barker Reservoir. As the sun started to sink lower in the sky, I felt the need to try and squeeze in a run.  My normal favored running spots are almost…

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A trip up Boulder Canyon

Soaring granite walls.  The sounds of rushing water crashing down the mountainsides.  Snow capping the spires and trees.  These are just some of the images ingrained in my mind from a drive up Boulder Canyon. As a resident of Nederland, I’ve made hundreds of trips over the past six years…

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Barker Reservoir

As you drive up from Boulder to Nederland via Boulder Canyon, cresting a hill, the town of Nederland appears on the other side of a very large body of water, Barker Reservoir.  It’s really quite picturesque — a huge mountain lake next to a small town ringed by towering mountain…

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